Synonyms of chaffering

chaffering

verb

present participle of chaffer

1

as in dealing

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase

in that country you're expected to chaffer with the vendors at the bazaar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dealing
• negotiating
• bargaining
• haggling
• dickering
• bickering
• paltering
• arguing
• clashing
• quarrelling
• wheeling and dealing
• quarreling
• horse-trading
• wrangling
• squabbling
• fighting
• cutting a deal
• buying
• exchanging
• quibbling
• bartering
• hassling
• trading
• hawking
• peddling
• shopping (around)
• purchasing
• comparison shopping

2

as in chatting

British to engage in casual or rambling conversation

just a couple of blokes chaffering at the neighborhood pub

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• conversing
• talking
• rattling
• chattering
• prating
• gabbling
• prattling
• palavering
• gabbing
• jabbering
• nattering
• schmoozing
• pattering
• babbling
• cackling
• jawing
• discussing
• blabbing
• chinning
• kibitzing
• gossiping
• rapping
• gassing
• visiting
• twittering
• blowing smoke
• shmoozing
• chewing the rag
• kibbitzing
• running on
• shooting the breeze
• chewing the fat
• talking a blue streak
• tattling
• expatiating
• descanting
• yapping
• yammering
• yakking
• yacking